Meaning?
Hi,
Could you please tell me what is the meaning of the following text?
As poor as the clients were, they were not nearly as broke as their lawyers.
Does it mean that despite the fact that the clients were as poor as their lawyers , but they were not as broke as the lawyers?
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This means that there are many lawyers today (in the US - with many more being cranked out each year by the numerous law schools in the country), with not enough good-paying legal jobs to go around for all of them. Couple this with the tendency of lawyers to live expensively, and what you have is a lot of lawyers who are close to being broke.
- This means that there are many lawyers today (in the US - with many more being cranked out each year by the numerous law schools in the country), with not enough good-paying legal jobs to go around for all of them.
- Couple this with the tendency of lawyers to live expensively, and what you have is a lot of lawyers who are close to being broke.
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This means that there are many lawyers today (in the US - with many more being cranked out each year by the numerous law schools in the country), with not enough good-paying legal jobs to go around for all of them. Couple this with the tendency of lawyers to live expensively, and what you have is a lot of lawyers who are close to being broke.
0The basic meaning is this.
The clients were very poor. But their lawyers were much poorer.
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Consider this simpler example.
As fast as Tom could run, he was not as fast as Jim.
As fast as Tom could run, despite the degree to which Tom could run fast
he was not as
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